The seeds of speech: language origin and evolution/ Jean Aitchison.

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Aitchison, J. Jean Aitchison

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge approaches to linguisticsPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: xii, 281p.: ill.; 21 cmISBN:

0521467934

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DUCE P116.A38

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Summary: Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence must be assembled. Such evidence is pieced together from a mixture of linguistic and non linguistic sources such as evolution theory, archaeology, psychology, and anthropology. This is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the origins and evolution of human language.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	DUCE LIBRARY Humanities: Shelf P95.45. B87 – PE1417. M45	Humanities and Social Sciences	DUCE P116.A38 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	000000176504

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence must be assembled. Such evidence is pieced together from a mixture of linguistic and non linguistic sources such as evolution theory, archaeology, psychology, and anthropology. This is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the origins and evolution of human language.

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